The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation paid, or was approved for future payments, about $23 million in grants to Chinese government entities during the 2022 reporting period, according to tax filings.
The nonprofit lists grants to more than 20 different Chinese companies, including Chinese government agencies, labeled as “foreign governments” in the 2022 report. tax form. The majority of the grants were for projects related to public health research and analysis, including several projects related to disease and vaccine distribution.
Recipients include: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China National Health Commission And that Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, among others. These government agencies collectively received his $11.3 million from the Gates Foundation. (Related article: Bill Gates calls for “toning down the rhetoric'' on conflict with China)
Several organizations receive funding from the Gates Foundation report According to the Chinese government, it will be submitted to the State Council of China, “the highest executive organ of state power.” The State Council is mainly composed of members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Additionally, the Gates Foundation regularly provided funding to Chinese universities that conduct defense operations against the Chinese military.
Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University received millions of dollars from the Gates Foundation; engage He is involved in Chinese national defense research. supervised According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, China's National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Administration. These universities received approximately $6 million from the Gates Foundation.
The Gates Foundation also donated $100,000 to the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology for “global health” awareness and analysis, according to tax filings.
The Ministry of Science and Technology is involved in the Chinese government's “863 Plan.''
The 863 program “provides funding and guidance for efforts to covertly obtain U.S. technology and sensitive economic information.” according to Director of National Intelligence.Special Committee of the House of Representatives of the Communist Party of China Said A 2023 report says the program supports the advancement of China's military.
The Ministry of Science and Technology listed the Chinese government's 863 program on its website as an active program until at least 2018. However, in 2016, the program was officially incorporated into China's National Key Research and Development Program under the ministry. according to This was reported by state media outlet Xinhua News Agency.
The Ministry of Science and Technology was also involved in the Chinese government's Thousand Talents Plan. according to Based on the 2019 Senate Homeland Security Committee Report. According to the Senate report, the Thousand Talents Program is a Chinese Communist Party-controlled program aimed at recruiting researchers and scientists with access to “cutting-edge technology.”
China reorganized its science ministry in March to address U.S. efforts to limit China's access to advanced technology, particularly technology for military use, Voice of America reported. report.
The Gates Foundation also provided funding worth $3.2 million to China's National Health Commission.
Some American lawmakers have accused The National Health Commission has accused China of being complicit in covering up the new coronavirus infection. 2021 Committee resisted Efforts to investigate whether the virus originated in a Chinese laboratory.
Beijing, China: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets with Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates at the Zhongnanhai Government Building in Beijing, China, on November 3, 2017. (Photo by: Thomas Peter Poole/Getty Images)
Gates, the founder of Microsoft and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has historically been friendly toward China.
In June 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping called Gates is an “old friend,” CNN reported. Gates in January 2023 Said 'The rise of China' is a 'huge victory for the world', Fox Business report.
The Gates Foundation also paid millions of dollars to groups aligned with the Democratic Party in 2022, according to tax returns.
new venture fundThe Arabella Advisors dark money network, a nonprofit that funds liberal and pro-Democrat activists across the country, received more than $70 million from the Gates Foundation in 2022.
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